69-year-old riverside girl gets married and three children also celebrate their union in Acre ?? Have you ever imagined marrying the love of your life after 50 years of marriage and still sharing the altar with three children who got married in the same ceremony? It was like this for retired Maria Dacisete Mendes de Araújo, aged 69, and Sebastião da Silva, aged 73, last Friday (10), on the banks of the Gregório River, in Tarauacá, in the interior of Acre, about 400 kilometers from the capital Rio Branco. The collective ceremony took place at Aldeia Yawatxivã, promoted by the Citizen Project, of the Court of Justice of Acre (TJ-AC). In total, four single-family weddings were celebrated on the same day and, in total, 16 couples from different parts of the river also said. ? Join the g1 AC channel on WhatsApp In addition to Dacisete and his partner, their children Nelson Lima de Araújo, Antônio Ronaldo Araújo Silva and Adnaldo Araújo Silva got married. For the retiree, the date will forever be marked in family history. "It was an immense joy. I was already waiting for this moment and I saw that everything is in God's time, because it was perfect. When I was young I couldn't get married, but now I did. Thank God I made this big dream come true", she said. Maria Dacisete and Sebastião da Silva have been together for almost 50 years Gleilson Miranda/Secom TJAC The couple has been together for almost five decades and celebrates 50 years of coexistence next year. Throughout their lives they built a family made up of five children, 14 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. After the ceremony, the celebration continued at the family home, in Colônia Cinco Irmãos. "Thank God, my children were all together. It was my wedding and three other weddings of my children. It was a very beautiful party and afterwards, we had a roast, got the family together and it was a party here at home to celebrate the four weddings", he recalled. ?? Bride's dream More than making the union official at the registry office, Dacisete fulfilled another wish she had kept for decades: wearing a wedding dress. She received the outfit through a donation from the team responsible for decorating the collective wedding. The couple shared the altar with three of their children in the same ceremony Photos: Gleilson Miranda/Secom TJAC According to the retiree, the final seams were done the day before the ceremony. "It was my dream to put on a wedding dress with a veil. It was an immense joy. I didn't even want to take off my clothes afterwards", she said, emotionally. For her, the memory will be preserved for the next generations of the family. From the love of two people five decades ago, today the family has 25 members, in addition to family members, including five children, 14 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, whom Dacisete remembers with affection. "My children, my grandchildren and great-grandchildren will all remember this day. They will say that their grandmother got married in a wedding dress. When I die, I will be happy, because I fulfilled the dream I had. I never wanted a honeymoon or to travel, my happiness is the place I live close to the people I love", he added. ? Indigenous people got married The collective ceremony brought together a total of 32 people, forming 16 couples, including indigenous people from the Yawanawa and Noke Koi ethnicities, as well as riverside residents of the region. The celebration was led by substitute judge Ricardo Cavalli. The event took place in Aldeia Yawatxivã and made the union of 16 couples official Photos: Gleilson Miranda/Secom TJAC Among the indigenous couples were Marcílio Yawanawa, aged 22, and Girlene Yawanawa, aged 33, who have lived together for five years and decided to make their union official during the action. The idea of ??getting married in the family was also experienced by them. Another couple formed by Cláudio Yawanawa, 35 years old, who is Marcílio's brother, and Ivanete Yawanawa, 31 years old, Girlene's sister showed that love always wins. The four participated in the ceremony wearing traditional indigenous adornments and jewelry. The collective wedding in the municipality was part of the Citizen Project programming, which brings public services to communities that are difficult to access. According to TJ-AC Social Project Support Coordinator, Isnailda Silva, in addition to making unions official, the action also offers free services. The Public Defender's Office of Acre, Public Ministry of Acre, Civil Police, Incra, Federal Revenue, INSS, Regional Electoral Court (TRE-AC), State Secretariat for Women, Itinerant Health Service and municipal health teams also participated in the action. Review Acre’s news programs